Green Cross International

Green Cross International

"In January 1989, when addressing the Global Forum for Survival of Humanity, President Mikhail Gorbachev brought up the idea for an organization that would apply the medical emergency response model of the International Committee of the Red Cross to ecological issues and expedite solutions to environmental problems that transcend national boundaries.

"Developing this idea, delegates at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro (June 1992), approached Mikhail Gorbachev (the former President of the USSR) mandating him to create and launch this organisation. At the same time Swiss National Council MP, Roland Wiederkehr founded a ‘World Green Cross' with the same objective. Both organisations merged in 1993 to form Green Cross International.

"Green Cross International (GCI) was formally launched in Kyoto, on the 18th April 1993."

Staff
Accessed August 2008:


 * Alexander Likhotal, President
 * Pierre Muller, Vice-President
 * David Alix, Director of Communications
 * Marianne Berner, Head of Administration
 * Fiona Curtin, Editor, The Green Cross Optimist
 * Ivelina Gueorguieva, Administrative Assistant
 * Giovanna Chiodi, Intern

Directors
Accessed August 2008:


 * Mikhail Gorbachev, Founding President, Russia
 * Jan Kulczyk, Chairman, Poland
 * Alexander Likhotal, President & CEO (ex officio), Russia
 * Ernst Muhlemann, Treasurer (ex officio), Switzerland
 * Mario Soares, Portugal

Honorary Board
Accessed August 2008:


 * Princess Basma Bint Talal, Jordan
 * Jean-Michel Cousteau, France
 * Victor Danilov-Danilyan, Russia
 * Istvan Lang, Hungary
 * Rita Levi Montalcini, Italy
 * Rudolphus Lubbers, The Netherlands
 * Wangari Maathai, Kenya
 * Pat Mitchell, USA
 * Adolf Ogi, Switzerland
 * Javier Perez de Cuellar, Peru
 * Robert Redford, USA
 * Karan Singh, India
 * Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp, The Netherlands
 * David Suzuki, Canada
 * Monkombu S. Swaminathan, India
 * Diane Meyer Simon, USA
 * Ted Turner, USA
 * Yevgeny Velikhov, Russia
 * Wakako Hironaka, Japan

Contact

 * Web: http://www.gci.ch

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